Accident Report Detail

Accident: 144316.015 - Employee'S Thumb Is Amputated While Emptying Dough

**Accident: 144316.015 -- Report ID: 0728900 -- Event Date: 02/23/2022**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1580997.015	03/02/2022		Mi Mama'S Tortillas, Llc

At 8:30 a.m. on February 23, 2022, an employee was working for a firm that made tortillas. He operated a pressing machine. He was emptying dough from the machin e's divider. Apparently, the machine was in operation at the time. His right thu mb became caught between the divider paddle, or chunker paddle, and the hopper w all. His thumb was amputated. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: amputated, amputation, caught between, energized, food preparation, food processing, hopper, machine operator, mixer, mixer blade, reach, reaching, rotating parts, thumb, work rules

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	1580997.015	44	M	Hospitalized injury		Pressing machine operators

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